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isn't that very damming of how george bush ran that white house? >> it is damming as i have said, since the day i left. actually, since before then. if you went back and you found there is a march 2003 memo from me to tom ridge. gave the same memo later to michael chertoff that said if you keep fema this position and you keep this command structure that currently exists, fema will fall. it is exactly what we did. you now have this huge bureaucracy that fema is a part of. now, that said, congress has tried to correct it. i think congress learned from katrina that maybe they made a mistake and so the commanding and control structure has been revamped by congress and i think that craig understands that and i think craig will make a success of it. >> cenk: michael as you said earlier, president obama seems to have done a good job in responding to this disaster. and we know that president clinton had done a good job with fema earlier. so it is a coincidence that whenever we have democrats in charge, we seem to do a pretty good job in fema. when we have
isn't that very damming of how george bush ran that white house? >> it is damming as i have said, since the day i left. actually, since before then. if you went back and you found there is a march 2003 memo from me to tom ridge. gave the same memo later to michael chertoff that said if you keep fema this position and you keep this command structure that currently exists, fema will fall. it is exactly what we did. you now have this huge bureaucracy that fema is a part of. now, that said,...
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that's what george bush said in the plane flying over katrina. >> there's a lot of water down there. >> stephanie: there's no small amount of rumbling on the right. some republicans labeled him judas christie and rush limbaugh called the governor -- wait for it -- fat. [♪ circus music ♪] >> and accused him of being addicted to oxycontin. >> we have some other comments come up in the right-wing world about chris christie. >> stephanie: really? here is [ inaudible ] with -- >> the guy who's numbers are too gay -- >> stephanie: yeah. seven polls released in ohio obama plus two, obama plus three, obama plus five hashtag not that complicated. he write ts now watch in frustration, only a single romney-leading poll probably from rasmussen. apparently the pollsters are all effeminate pollsters too. please stop letting facts get in the way of the gop narrative. >> for a numbers guy he has an awesome sense of humor. >> stephanie: yeah. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: after brutal polling day, romney team reassures they are going to win. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: not inc
that's what george bush said in the plane flying over katrina. >> there's a lot of water down there. >> stephanie: there's no small amount of rumbling on the right. some republicans labeled him judas christie and rush limbaugh called the governor -- wait for it -- fat. [♪ circus music ♪] >> and accused him of being addicted to oxycontin. >> we have some other comments come up in the right-wing world about chris christie. >> stephanie: really? here is [...
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bush took it out of the cabinet, put it in the bowls of dhs -- >> yeah. >> bill: cut the budget and then katrina happened and fema wasn't up to the task. and now president obama has brought it back. and it does seem that we know now that fema has an important role, right? >> i think it's here to stay also, and i say this mainly just to go back to the beginning of the conversation we had earlier about how politicians can talk in theory about disaster relief but the second there is a disaster, all of that conversation changes. and the reason why fema is in existence, it's like a big disaster insurance policy that you would have if you broke your leg or something. so that's why it is there. there is a debate on the margins that says how much money should fema have, especially if we think that states will put less in their reserves if they think that fema will bail them out, but i really think that is just a question of percentages. >> bill: but mitt romney is on the record to say he would put that responsibility on the states. >> right. >> bill: gina is calling from atlanta, georgia. g
bush took it out of the cabinet, put it in the bowls of dhs -- >> yeah. >> bill: cut the budget and then katrina happened and fema wasn't up to the task. and now president obama has brought it back. and it does seem that we know now that fema has an important role, right? >> i think it's here to stay also, and i say this mainly just to go back to the beginning of the conversation we had earlier about how politicians can talk in theory about disaster relief but the second there...
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isn't that very damming of how george bush ran that white house? >> it is damming as i have said, since the day i left. actually since before then. if you went back and you found there is a march 2003 memo from me to tom ridge. gave the same memo later to michael chertoff that said if you keep fema this position and you keep this command structure that currently exists, fema will fall. it is exactly what we did. you now have this huge bureaucracy that fema is a part of. now, that said, congress has tried to correct it. i think congress learned from katrina that maybe they made a mistake and so the commanding and control structure has been revamped by congress and i think that craig understands that and i think craig will make a success of it. >> cenk: michael as you said earlier, president obama seems to have done a good job in responding to this disaster. and we know that president clinton had done a good job with fema earlier. so it is a coincidence that whenever we have democrats in charge, we seem to do a pretty good job in fema. when we have a
isn't that very damming of how george bush ran that white house? >> it is damming as i have said, since the day i left. actually since before then. if you went back and you found there is a march 2003 memo from me to tom ridge. gave the same memo later to michael chertoff that said if you keep fema this position and you keep this command structure that currently exists, fema will fall. it is exactly what we did. you now have this huge bureaucracy that fema is a part of. now, that said,...
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it didn't run well when george bush was running it because they don't believe in government. >> people on the right are complaining on twitter that big government bureaucrats are rushing in and messing things up when local volunteers are the best people to provide help. >> okay. why don't you go get a shovel? >> he's calling -- so people on twitter are calling first responders big government bureaucrats. >> that's -- >> unbelievable! >> furthermore socialist commi liberal nazis from kenya. >> stephanie: okay. >> my dad was a firefighter. he was the last thing from a big government bureaucrat. he was gone for days on end when there were brushfires here in the hills. >> stephanie: which is why you were actually raised by -- >> brett somers. and my mom. there's the distinction. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: c.j. in south carolina you're on "the stephanie miller show." >> caller: hey, hot mama, what's up? >> stephanie: hey, baby. >> caller: i see you got your voice back. >> stephanie: a little bit. >> caller: you should keep your eyes open for the next week or so and watch the more clever g.o
it didn't run well when george bush was running it because they don't believe in government. >> people on the right are complaining on twitter that big government bureaucrats are rushing in and messing things up when local volunteers are the best people to provide help. >> okay. why don't you go get a shovel? >> he's calling -- so people on twitter are calling first responders big government bureaucrats. >> that's -- >> unbelievable! >> furthermore socialist...
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. >> or on george bush. >> that's out there on the internet. you can find that. >> wow. >> you know -- humor -- >> >> stephanie: when there are people dying. >> it requires truth. it requires something to be true that you are revealing within the humor -- if the whole thing is predicated on a lie -- >> stephanie: our buddy joan walsh wrote it is impossible to see the storm has devastated mitt romney's presidential candidacy. the response to the hurricane has seemed like one long commercial. a lesson we're all in this together while romney flails on the sidelines. along with his friends in right-wing world. it is just -- what? trying to make jokes when people are literally -- like -- all right. >> one big photo op for him. >> stephanie: 29 minutes after the hour. back with more elvira on "the stephanie miller show." to miss my show is if that's the only time you can get to a polling place. make sure that voting is your highest priority on election day. besides, you can always dvr my show. you really cant' dvr the future of the country. to help y
. >> or on george bush. >> that's out there on the internet. you can find that. >> wow. >> you know -- humor -- >> >> stephanie: when there are people dying. >> it requires truth. it requires something to be true that you are revealing within the humor -- if the whole thing is predicated on a lie -- >> stephanie: our buddy joan walsh wrote it is impossible to see the storm has devastated mitt romney's presidential candidacy. the response to the...